TAGESKLINIK ALTONAER STRASSE
Altonaer Strasse 59 - 61, 20357 Hamburg, Fon +49 40 43 28 58 0

What you should observe before and after the operation

You have talked in advance to your gynaecologist about having outpatient surgery in our day clinic. If you have decided to have surgery in our clinic, your surgeon and the anaesthetist in the day clinic will inform you in detail about the operation and the anaesthetic.
 
If you or your gynaecologist would like to have this preoperative discussion before the surgery date, please arrange an appointment during our consulting hours (Monday to Thursday from 3 pm onwards).
 
After the operation, our nurses will look after you in the recovery room. You will have a final discussion with a doctor of the day clinic before you go home.
 
Despite careful planning, waiting times cannot always be avoided because we cannot predict how long operations will take. Of course, our colleagues at reception will be happy to answer any questions you might have at any time.

Before the operation
Please come in a fasting state to the operation. You can eat and drink up to midnight before the operation. After that, you should not eat, drink, smoke or chew gum.

Please wear loose clothing, leave jewellery and valuables at home and do not wear nail polish, make-up or mascara. Please bring a container for your contact lenses. Of course you can bring a change of clothes, socks and toiletries to make your stay at the day clinic more pleasant.

If you are younger than 40 and healthy, we do not need any further documents for surgery such as curettage, breast biopsy and minor gynaecological operations.

Please bring the following if you are coming for a laparoscopy:
  •  An ECG *
  • Lung function test results or an X-ray of the lung *
  • Laboratory values:
    • Blood sugar
      
Please bring an ECG * if you are older than 40.
 
If you are older than 60, please bring the following:
  • An ECG *
  • Lung function test results or an X-ray of the lung *
  • Additional blood tests (following consultation with your family doctor) 

We need to know your blood group for curettage, e.g. following a miscarriage.

Please contact us if you are a diabetic.

You should not take any medicines containing aspirin the week before the operation.

Patients stabilized on certain medicines should take them as normal with a sip of water.
 
* not older than 6 months


You can print out a checklist in the form of a pdf file.





After the operation
After laparoscopy, you stay with us for approx. 4 to 6 hours. After all other operations, you stay 2 to 4 hours. Then please take a taxi home or arrange for a member of your family or a friend to collect you directly from the day clinic. You should make sure that someone is at home to look after you. After some operations, it may be necessary to observe you in a hospital for one or more nights.

For 24 hours after the operation, patients may not
  • drive
  • drink alcohol
  • make important decisions
  • take painkillers without detailed instructions from the doctor

Your surgeon will recommend times for check-ups when talking to you before you are discharged.